| Manufacturer |
Republic Aviation Company |
Dassault Aviation |
| Description |
The Republic XP-72 was an American prototype fighter-interceptor developed by Republic Aircraft as a progression of the P-47 Thunderbolt design. |
The Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan () is a French fighter-bomber developed and produced by Dassault Aviation. |
| First Flight |
1944-02-02 |
1949-02-28 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1952-01-01 |
| Production End |
|
1954-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
1985-01-01 |
| Designer |
Republic Aviation Company |
Marcel Dassault |
| Type |
Fighter |
Fighter-bomber |
| Length (m) |
11.15 |
10.73 |
| Height (m) |
4.88 |
4.14 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
789 |
940 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
750 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
12805 |
13000 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
26.8 |
38 |
| Armament |
6× 50 caliber Browning machine guns or; 2x 37mm M4 cannons and 4x 50 caliber Browning machine guns or; 4x 37mm M4 cannons; 2× 1,000 lb (476 kg) bombs |
4× 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon with 125 rounds per gun; 908 kg of payload on four external hardpoints, including a variety of unguided iron bombs such as 2× 227 kg bombs or 2× 458 L napalm bombs / Drop tanks for extended range.; 16× 105 mm (4.1 in) Brandt T-10 air-to-ground unguided rockets; or, 2× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
|
0.76 |
| Number Built |
2 |
567 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-13 radial engine, 2610 kW (3500 hp) each |
1 × Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.104B centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 22.2 kN thrust each |
| Primary Users |
|
French Air Force, Indian Air Force , Israeli Air Force , Salvadoran Air Force |
| Status |
Canceled |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XP-72 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Ouragan |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
12.47 |
13.16 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
27.9 |
23.8 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
|
7.3 |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |